Week Three: Vive la musique fran莽aise!
Hello and welcome to the WEEK THREE Main Thread for this challenge! 
Alright everyone - this is the thread where we'll all be posting our daily updates.
Make sure you've read the rules before replying (<- click)
Twice a week between May 23 - 30 I hope to be reading your daily updates in this very thread right here!
Please use the following format when commenting (feel free to copy & paste!):
- Piece you worked on:
- One thing you found easy:
- One thing you found difficult:
- (Optional): a video of you performing it!
Sample daily update:
- Piece you worked on: Ravel's Prelude
- One thing you found easy: Learning the notes, and rhythms were rather straight-forward, and not challenging!
- One thing you found difficult: Shifting the Hands was a bit tricky to get smooth!
Feel free to make these updates as short or long as you wish!
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I learnt this before - Debussy Passepied from Suite Bergamasque. Decided to work on it and try to improve - rather than learning a new piece.
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Johnathan North3 I never gave much thought to the other pieces in Suite Bergamasque aside from Clair de lune. This is really a fun piece. I might have to revisit the entire suite. Thank you Jonathan for sharing.
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I also practised this piece from Ravel.
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Johnathan North3 Magical playing! Such a lovely feeling of playfulness mixed with reverie.
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Johnathan North3 that is lovely playing on a lovely piano! What make is it? Thank you for the recording as well!
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Johnathan North3 Great playing, too!
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Hi all,
it鈥檚 been a hectic week with lots going on so not have had much practice time at the piano. I was hoping to learn the piece to an acceptable standard by the end of the 3 weeks but looks like I will need at least another 3 weeks lol
- Piece you worked on: Alkan op 35 no 5
- One thing you found easy: first two pages
- One thing you found difficult: contrapuntal writing in the various sections between the recurring theme.
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Jeff Great playing! Can鈥檛 imagine coming this far in 3 weeks with a piece like this.
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Jeff Well done with this very busy piece, Jeff! I'm glad to have learned about Alkan!
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Jeff Wow what a piece! Amazing for only 3 weeks practice!
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Jeff Great job with a very demanding piece! Bravo Jeff!
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Here's my week 3, Chaminade - Pierrette, Op. 41.
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Gail Starr Love it Gail! So pretty and playful. Great choice.
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Vidhya Bashyam Thanks, dear Vidhya! It turned out to be trickier than I thought when I first picked it. Can't wait to see what our challenge will be for June! (Although, I might not have time to participate because I have my annual chamber music week in Georgia and lots of family obligations.)
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Gail Starr It's sounding good! I'm impressed at what you were able to do in these 3 weeks. It's a little slower than I'm used to, but you make it sound good at your tempo, and besides, it has only been 3 weeks of work. Very nice job! I think you capture the character well.
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Thurmond R You're totally right, it definitely needs to be faster. I actually only worked on it for a total of 6 hours during the 3 weeks because of other commitments, so I hope that when I have more time I'll be able to get it up to speed! Have you worked on this piece?
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Gail Starr Wow! I'm impressed! It's really sounding good for only 6 hours of practice. I knew you hadn't been able to work on it a lot because of other commitments, but I hadn't realized you'd only taken 6 hours. I haven't worked on this piece yet, though I do have the score and will occasionally play the first couple of measures. I'm looking forward to hearing it in the future!
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Thurmond R I鈥檒l take a break and then work on it again in July!
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Gail Starr beautiful! Wonderful playing, Gail!
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Gail Starr Brava, Gail! And what a great piece, absolutely loved it!
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Gail Starr Wow Gail, you play this with so much character and panache! Well done!
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Gail Starr wonderful performance and great piece!! Really enjoyed it and I thought there was a great balance of whimsy and style!
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Tammy Thank you so much, Tammy!
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Sindre Skarelven Thank you so much for your kind words! Il me reste encore beaucoup 脿 faire avec ce morceau.
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Gail Starr That is just gorgeous! Really enjoyed your performance! Thank you
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Angela Fogg Thank you for your kind remarks! It still needs a lot of work鈥hen I listened to Chaminade in her recording from a century ago she plays it more quickly.
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